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Caving Crazy! is a singleplayer top-down game where you must collect all 5 chests in each of the 32 levels before its too late!

Story

A deadly storm is approaching cave creature Tim's cave. Tim must rescue all his precious treasures, stored all around the different areas of his cave, and evacuate before it's too late! Can he make it?


Gameplay

You're in control of cave creature Tim, and can walk in 4 directions. Your goal is to navigate the level to collect all 5 chests while avoiding dangerous cave enemies, and solving tricky puzzles along the way. You have a time limit to do this though! If the time runs out, the storm will strike before you make it out of the cave!

Tim only has 4 lives. Lives are lost when he comes into contact with enemies, possessed minecarts, and water. If Tim runs out of lives, it's game over! From here, you can continue from the first area of the current cave. Don't worry though! Every cave has a 1up you can collect, and completing each cave also gives you a 1up.

You can save and continue a game at any point by entering the save code, displayed at the top of the screen ingame and in the pause menu. Make sure to write it down or take a screenshot!


Features

32 unique levels of gameplay
Game B with 32 more levels of harder difficulty, unlocked after completing Game A
5 unique enemies to avoid and master the moves of
Tricky puzzles, including pushing, sliding, and dodging
Bomb items a and Pickaxe upgrade that let you break the level
A password system to continue your game from any point
A complete level editor that lets you customize every aspect of the game

Level editor

This game has a complete level editor, allowing you to design your very own game of Caving Crazy! Every aspect of the game is fully customizable, from your own level designs to changeable cave themes, time limits, and much more, you can make any game of Caving Crazy you wish! From small puzzles and challenges to a full length game, there's endless possibilities as to what you can create!

(Note: each level must have 5 chests before playtesting!)

When you're finished, you can save and load your design to local browser storage, or download and import it for safekeeping and sharing with friends!

(Note: I highly recommend you download your design, as some devices / browsers may clear local storage at any time between visits)

Keyboard controls

Gameplay

WASD / Arrow keys to move
Q / E to interact with bombs / mine with the pickaxe
Enter / P to pause the game

Editor

WASD / Arrow keys to move selection box
Q / E to cycle object back / forth
Space to place object
Backspace to remove object
F to replace all tiles of the currently selected type
Enter / P to open menu

Menus

ASWD / Arrow keys / Shift to change selection
Q / E / Enter / Space to select / change option

(Note: WASD control will not work when entering a design name. Use arrow keys to change character instead)

Mobile buttons

Gameplay

Up / Down / Left / Right buttons to move (left side)
Action button to interact with bombs / mine with the pickaxe (right side)
Pause button to pause / unpause (upper right)

Editor

Up / Down / Left / Right buttons to move selection box (left side)
Minus / Plus (- / +) buttons to cycle object back / forth (middle)
Down arrow (⤓) button to place / remove object (right side)
Fill bucket button to  replace all tiles of the currently selected type (upper middle)
Pause button to open menu (upper right)

Menus

Up / Down / Left / Right buttons to change selection (left side)
Action button to cycle / select option (right side)

Screenshots

Updated 3 days ago
Published 11 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5, Windows
Release date 11 days ago
AuthorInverasoft
GenreAdventure, Puzzle
Made withGameMaker
Tagsbrowser, GameMaker, Indie, Level Editor, mobile, Pixel Art, Retro, Singleplayer
Average sessionAbout an hour
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Touchscreen
ContentNo generative AI was used

Download

Download
Caving Crazy Installer.exe 25 MB

Development log

Comments

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Hey there love the game is there any possibility to chat with you about it?

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Thank you! Yeah feel free to contact me any time at inverasoftgames@gmail.com (or here if there is a way)! Just know that I'm not currently looking for any help if that's what this is about :)